
The secretarybird or secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey.
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 1,996 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Eastern Cape and beyond
Provinces where Secretarybird is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
1,993 records, iNaturalist






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Secretarybird: door gastheren waargenomen in of bij Kruger National Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and Amakhala Game Reserve.

Limpopo
Kruger · Welgevonden

Northern Cape
Kgalagadi

Eastern Cape
Amakhala · Addo Elephant

Western Cape
Gondwana
Zelf rijden
Uw eigen auto en tempo, op de wegen van het park.
Waar gastheren de soort waarnemen
Begeleide ritten vanuit een lodge
Een gids die weet waar te kijken, met offroad- en nachtritten in de privéreservaten.
Waar gastheren de soort waarnemen
Rode Lijst van de IUCN
Endangered
Soort
Sagittarius serpentarius
Waarnemingen
1 993
iNaturalist-waarnemingen
Elke boeking op Spekboom steunt natuurbehoud.
Een waarneming betekent dat een gastheer de Secretarybird op of bij het terrein heeft gezien. Een waarneming is nooit gegarandeerd.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Secretarybird at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Amakhala Game Reserve, Gondwana Game Reserve, Welgevonden Game Reserve and Addo Elephant National Park. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
The Secretarybird is most recorded in Eastern Cape (18% of records), Mpumalanga (17% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (16% of records), based on 1 993 iNaturalist observations. 51 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Secretarybird on site or nearby.
The Secretarybird is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park: Aug-Oct, flowers, Mar-May; Amakhala Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Gondwana Game Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
The Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
The secretarybird or secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey. Endemic to Africa, it is usually found in the open grasslands and savanna of the sub-Saharan region. John Frederick Miller described the species in 1779.